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Oklahoma City Thunder wins!

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Oklahoma is now the home of a major professional sports championship for the first time in state history. The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers, 103-91, to win Game 7 of the NBA Finals, and win the best of seven series four games to three. For the Thunder, it’s their first title since the…

TU Basketball adds nine newcomers for 2025-26

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TULSA, Okla. –– The Golden Hurricane men’s basketball program has had a busy spring with the additions of eight transfers and a JUCO product. Miles Barnstable, Ade Popoola, Myles Rigsby, Tylen Riley, Doryan Onwuchekwa, Terrance Ford Jr., David Green, Carter Benton and Romad Dean have all been signed to next season’s roster. College basketball analytics…

U.S. Open winner & memories

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It’s been since 2001 that the U.S. Open golf tournament was held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, and it appears it will be a long time before it ever returns. In fact, Tulsa may never host the U.S. Open again but watching it on television brings back great memories. This past weekend, the…

Thunder rebounds from loss to the Pacers

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Oklahoma City bounced back in a big way in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, to defeat the Indiana Pacers, 123-107, Sunday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 18,203 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. After losing a heartbreaker in the final seconds of Game 1, the Thunder evened the series 1-1 with…

There are a few sports I don’t care for

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Are there any sports that you just can’t get into watching? I know that’s probably a silly question, as there may be several sports that any one individual has no interest in, but I’m surprised that there are some that I really don’t care about. I’m a pretty big sports fan. I probably watch way…

Oilers lose to Panthers

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In a back-and-forth battle, the Bay Area Panthers squeezed out a narrow 44-41 victory over the Tulsa Oilers in IFL action, Saturday night in San Jose, Calif. The Oilers are now 6-4 and have lost two games in a row after winning five straight. Tulsa dropped to fourth place in the Eastern Conference. Bay Area…

OU and OSU knocked out of NCAA Regionals

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OU LOSES TO TAR HEELS IN REGIONAL At the Chapel Hill regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament, the Oklahoma Sooners made it all the way to a second final matchup with North Carolina, but lost 14-4, as the Tar Heels advanced to the Super Regionals. Oklahoma beat Nebraska in the first game of the regional,…

Oilers lose close one to Quad City

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Quad City avenged their home loss to the Tulsa Oilers by outscoring the home team, 31-27, Friday night at the BOK Center. With the loss the Oilers dropped into a tie for second place in the IFL Eastern Conference standings with a record of 6-3. The Eastern Conference leading Steamwheelers improved to 7-2 on the…

Speech and debate competition

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OK be in a meeting anyway I’ll finish that up tonight. There’s something wrong with Kates family decided to stay in a towel over here. OK be in a meeting anyway I’ll finish that up tonight. There’s something wrong with Kates family decided to stay OK play the towel over here.    This past week, I…

OU and OSU head to NCAA Baseball Regionals

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SOONERS LOSE TO VANDY IN SEC TOURNEY Oklahoma won their first two games in the SEC Baseball Tournament, before being eliminated by Vanderbilt, 6-1, in the quarterfinals, in Hoover, Alabama. The 12-seed Sooners opened the SEC tournament with a 5-1 win over 13-seed Kentucky, in the first round on Tuesday. OU was powered by a…